NYSE:BGG - Briggs & Stratton Stock Price, Price Target & More

Briggs & Stratton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BGG."

Briggs & Stratton declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 25th. Investors of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. View Briggs & Stratton's Dividend History.

Briggs & Stratton announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, April 25th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Briggs & Stratton Co. (NYSE:BGG) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.01. The industrial products company had revenue of $604 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $616.19 million. Briggs & Stratton had a net margin of 1.09% and a return on equity of 10.11%. Briggs & Stratton's quarterly revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.83 earnings per share. View Briggs & Stratton's Earnings History.

Briggs & Stratton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.33-1.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.54. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.45-1.62.

3 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Briggs & Stratton's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Briggs & Stratton's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Briggs & Stratton.

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Headlines about BGG stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Briggs & Stratton earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the industrial products company an impact score of 45.58 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Briggs & Stratton's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.50%), LSV Asset Management (5.39%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (2.45%), Northern Trust Corp (2.09%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.99%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.01%). Company insiders that own Briggs & Stratton stock include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Harold L Redman, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harvest Capital Strategies LLC, UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Guggenheim Capital LLC, American International Group Inc. and Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Briggs & Stratton company stock in the last year include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Millennium Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Augustine Asset Management Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC and Mackay Shields LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

Shares of BGG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.77.

Briggs & Stratton has a market capitalization of $792.72 million and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $56.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.31 on an earnings per share basis. Briggs & Stratton employs 5,300 workers across the globe.

Briggs & Stratton's mailing address is 12301 WEST WIRTH STREET, WAUWATOSA WI, 53222. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-259-5333.